Sun Jul 29, 2012, 03:47 AM
Tx4obama (29,940 posts)
Adviser: Romney would back strike against Iran
Source: AP
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A senior adviser says Mitt Romney would back an Israeli military strike against Iran aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear capability. Ahead of a Sunday speech in Jerusalem, Romney foreign policy adviser Dan Senor tells reporters that "if Israel has to take action on its own" to prevent Iran from being able to make the materials that could be used for a bomb, Romney "would respect that decision." That's a more aggressive posture than Romney has previously taken. In Sunday's speech, he plans to tell Israelis and watching Americans that he and America "will not look away" from Iran if he is president. Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ROMNEY_ISRAEL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-07-29-03-25-55
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| Author | Time | Post | |
| Tx4obama | Jul 2012 | OP | |
| MrSlayer | Jul 2012 | #1 | |
| nanabugg | Jul 2012 | #20 | |
| think | Jul 2012 | #21 | |
| Cali_Democrat | Jul 2012 | #2 | |
| 99th_Monkey | Jul 2012 | #5 | |
| magical thyme | Jul 2012 | #10 | |
| DCBob | Jul 2012 | #17 | |
| msongs | Jul 2012 | #3 | |
| SkatmanRoth | Jul 2012 | #13 | |
| wordpix | Jul 2012 | #30 | |
| still_one | Jul 2012 | #4 | |
| 99th_Monkey | Jul 2012 | #6 | |
| still_one | Jul 2012 | #7 | |
| sofa king | Jul 2012 | #24 | |
| 99th_Monkey | Jul 2012 | #35 | |
| magical thyme | Jul 2012 | #11 | |
| Patiod | Jul 2012 | #28 | |
| aquart | Jul 2012 | #8 | |
| Kolesar | Jul 2012 | #12 | |
| aquart | Jul 2012 | #36 | |
| Unite2DefeatGOP | Jul 2012 | #9 | |
| davidpdx | Jul 2012 | #14 | |
| DCBob | Jul 2012 | #15 | |
| Vattel | Jul 2012 | #16 | |
| wordpix | Jul 2012 | #31 | |
| AzDar | Jul 2012 | #18 | |
| C_U_L8R | Jul 2012 | #19 | |
| lunatica | Jul 2012 | #25 | |
| NYC Liberal | Jul 2012 | #29 | |
| lunatica | Jul 2012 | #32 | |
| NYC Liberal | Jul 2012 | #34 | |
| may3rd | Jul 2012 | #22 | |
| sarcasmo | Jul 2012 | #23 | |
| Rosa Luxemburg | Jul 2012 | #26 | |
| Turbineguy | Jul 2012 | #27 | |
| JoePhilly | Jul 2012 | #33 |
Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:10 AM
MrSlayer (21,570 posts)
1. Boom motherfucking boom go the drums of war, again.
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It is 100% guaranteed that we go to war with Iran if Romney wins. We'll probably re-invade Iraq.
Crazy people, all of them. |
Response to MrSlayer (Reply #1)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:17 AM
nanabugg (2,198 posts)
20. Just one more reason I could never vote for this man. nt
Response to nanabugg (Reply #20)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:56 AM
think (2,439 posts)
21. Just one more reason to do whatever it takes to keep Rmoney out of the Oval Office
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17 of his team of 24 foreign policy advisers are Bush neocons licking their chops to start another war and keep the US tax payer on the hook to keep pumping out $$$ for military spending....
http://www.policymic.com/articles/11219/mitt-romney-foreign-policy-team-17-of-24-advisors-are-bush-neocons |
Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:14 AM
Cali_Democrat (15,133 posts)
2. Does Romney realize that the US would be dragged in almost immediately
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and we would have another war on our hands?
It looks like that's what Mitt wants. |
Response to Cali_Democrat (Reply #2)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:52 AM
99th_Monkey (7,377 posts)
5. Think Evermore Buck$ for our Military/Indu$trial/Homeland$ecurity Complex
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and you'll still be at least in the ball park.
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Response to Cali_Democrat (Reply #2)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:22 AM
magical thyme (4,254 posts)
10. that is what Mitt wants
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he has already said he wants to dramatically increase the defense budget.
There is only one motive behind any of Mitt's actions. More money for him. I'm a spiritual, not a religious person, but he really needs to look at the bible. That one passage that says something about the love of money and the root of all evil. He is the personification of it. |
Response to Cali_Democrat (Reply #2)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:52 AM
DCBob (15,011 posts)
17. I think that is exactly what he and the Republicans want.
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This would create an international crisis for the President and the Republicans think they can exploit it no matter what he does.
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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:19 AM
msongs (30,823 posts)
3. he and his corporate friends would makes billions and billions off a war with iran nt
Response to msongs (Reply #3)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:37 AM
SkatmanRoth (135 posts)
13. The defense contractor gravy train is winding down with the end of Bush's wars
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Romney is signaling his rich buddies over at Lockheed and United Technologies that if they rally their employees, the dollars will continue to flow after his election.
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Response to SkatmanRoth (Reply #13)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 11:56 AM
wordpix (12,502 posts)
30. xactly, so Rmoney Baindeads need to put the train on the rails again
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These disgusting richies cannot live without endless war! They must buy their 3rd and 4th McMansions, not to mention their dancing horses and car elevators. |
Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:37 AM
still_one (31,432 posts)
4. why would any presidential candidate or president discuss a hypothetical situation? How reckless is
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Last edited Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:43 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) that. The press is all over Obama for leaks involving cyber leaks, but they have no problem with this I guess
This among so many other things goes to demonstrate just how unqualified he is, and yet the dummies in this country may just vote for him I suggest if romney feels all that bombastic, his sons should enlist |
Response to still_one (Reply #4)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:58 AM
99th_Monkey (7,377 posts)
6. I share your outrage. Rmoney should DROP OUT of the Prez race!!!!!!!
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But No .. wait!!! I didn't really mean that.
I just remembered Rmoney's one of the GOP's most "beatable" candidates imaginable .. "worse than Sarah Palin".. some say. So never mind. Nothing to see here. |
Response to 99th_Monkey (Reply #6)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 05:05 AM
still_one (31,432 posts)
7. I really hope you are right. We are up against a lot. The media lies and misrepresentation along
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with a nation of sheep which lack critical thinking
A poll came out today saying 50% Americans do not know what religion the President is, and 20% say he is a Muslim |
Response to still_one (Reply #7)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 09:53 AM
sofa king (8,767 posts)
24. There are encouraging signs.
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The most important ones, to me, are the backflips the press has to do every day to keep it a race. They've already resorted to disproportionate coverage of the opposition candidate, heavy reliance on and attention to outlier polls, attempting to stay within the issue framework provided by the opposition candidate (nearly impossible because Romney cannot stay on one side of an issue for 72 hours, but they're trying), and refusal to correct disinformation-spewing guests.
This time, the media has two reasons to make it look like a close race: their jobs depend upon high ratings, and those in front of the cameras and in the boardrooms are some of the few Americans who would personally benefit from a Romney presidency. They were never honest nor honorable, but they're even less of those things now than the last time this happened in 1996. But keep in mind the tactic is for the benefit of the journo-entertainment industry, or whatever they call their tripe now, not Mitt Romney. The object is not to create a grand deception so that Romney can get close enough steal it (that was 2004). The object is to meet the personal and corporate revenue goals of the people controlling that industry. They get more benefit out of a three-month long train wreck than anything else, so Romney isn't going to get a lot of favors from the press beyond the "close race" deception I described above--and, to save their own reputations, they'll have to frantically walk back all of their summer reporting in the three days before the election, just as they did in 1996. You'll know I'm right and win a chuckle for it on Sunday, November 3rd, when the editorial pages of all the newspapers suddenly shift tone to a "we knew it all along" message. Until then, it's all a bunch of crap we can largely ignore or laugh at. |
Response to still_one (Reply #7)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:58 PM
99th_Monkey (7,377 posts)
35. Rmoney: "The Gaffer Who Keeps On Gifting" Team Obama ~nt
Response to still_one (Reply #4)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:25 AM
magical thyme (4,254 posts)
11. mittens should too. he could enlist retroactively.
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Mittens, you need to put your nuts where your mouth is, tin soldier-man.
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Response to still_one (Reply #4)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 11:16 AM
Patiod (11,514 posts)
28. This is astounding
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What is this othe than a dog whistle to US Christianists who want there to be war in the "holy land" so the end of the world and to the Sheldon Adelsons of the world.
I'm glad "low information" people are getting a preview of what a Romney Administration might look like. I hope they look at their kids and realize that THEY and not "those handsome Romney boys" will be the ones fighting the wars he is itching to start, |
Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 05:09 AM
aquart (67,682 posts)
8. Iran has attacked neither Israel nor the US.
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But thanks so much for your eagerness to shed Jewish blood, Mitt. Iran has what? ten times the population? It could squash Israel like a bug if it was united against it.
But Iran put a generation in jail and isn't eager to hand guns to 20-somethings. Pity you didn't notice that, Mitt, you twit. |
Response to aquart (Reply #8)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:34 AM
Kolesar (29,536 posts)
12. Who is supplying the bombs that explode in Israel?
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Last edited Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:35 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) I don't approve of the way Israel treats the Palestians.
However, it looks to me like Iran is attacking Israel routinely in their war by proxy. |
Response to Kolesar (Reply #12)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 09:25 PM
aquart (67,682 posts)
36. So the Kurds should attack Israel for selling drones to Turkey?
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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 05:57 AM
Unite2DefeatGOP (25 posts)
9. MORE WAR and LESS TAXES. Where have we seen that before?
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http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SPresident
"Michelle Flournoy and Rich Williamson, respective Obama and Romney campaign advisers, talked about their candidate's foreign policy agenda for the next four years. Among other issues they discussed Iran's nuclear and military programs, Syria, Israel, Pakistan, and defense spending and sequestration. Afterward, they answered questions from audience members." Highly Recommended.^^ Should be streamed through every house in America. |
Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:23 AM
davidpdx (9,150 posts)
14. Someone needs to make a Youtube Video
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With footage of McCain singing "bomb Iran" with video of Romney in Israel. The guy is a bofoon.
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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:25 AM
DCBob (15,011 posts)
15. bomb, bomb, bomb.. bomb, bomb Iran.
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must have learned that tune from McWar.
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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:42 AM
Vattel (3,296 posts)
16. Romney is dangerous.
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He is way more militaristic than Obama. That in itself is a great reason to vote for Obama.
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Response to Vattel (Reply #16)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 11:58 AM
wordpix (12,502 posts)
31. yep, another dangerous moron taking orders from his rich buddies at War, Inc.
Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 07:56 AM
AzDar (8,797 posts)
18. So fucking irresponsible...
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And let's make sure Tagg, Axe, Crack, and the other lil' Romney are first in line to be put in harm's way if there's a war , eh Mitt?
#worsethanbush. |
Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:11 AM
C_U_L8R (15,745 posts)
19. Rmoney needs to send his own damned sons to war
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What American should be asked to sacrifice for this dimwit's worldview ???
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Response to C_U_L8R (Reply #19)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 09:57 AM
lunatica (28,953 posts)
25. And all his grandchildren when they get old enough
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Lucky him. He can send his granddaughters too!
He should consider that a true privilege. He has much to sacrifice in the name of his principles. ![]() |
Response to lunatica (Reply #25)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 11:50 AM
NYC Liberal (15,618 posts)
29. Why are they all wearing the same clothes?
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Response to NYC Liberal (Reply #29)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 12:05 PM
lunatica (28,953 posts)
32. A family tradition maybe
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Or a Mormon thing maybe. But obviously it's deliberate.
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Response to lunatica (Reply #32)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 02:15 PM
NYC Liberal (15,618 posts)
34. Hey, at least they'll be used to "uniforms" if they're ever actually forced
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to fight in a war.
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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 09:36 AM
may3rd (593 posts)
22. Riding on Obama's coat tails ; Report: US Presents Israel With Iran Strike Plan
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october surprise leaked byTom Donilon
Report: US Presents Israel With Iran Strike Plan JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli newspaper reported Sunday that the Obama administration's top security official has briefed Israel on U.S. plans for a possible attack on Iran, seeking to reassure it that Washington is prepared to act militarily should diplomacy and sanctions fail to pressure Tehran to abandon its nuclear enrichment program. Haaretz said National Security Adviser Tom Donilon laid out the plans before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a dinner at a visit to Israel earlier this month. It cited an unidentified senior American official as the source of its report, which came out as presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was telling Israel he would back an Israeli military strike against Iran. The American official also said Donilon shared information on U.S. weapons that could be used for such an attack, and on the U.S. military's ability to reach Iranian nuclear facilities buried deep underground, the newspaper said. It cited another U.S. official involved in the talks with Israel as concluding that "the time for a military operation against Iran has not yet come." ..... Both Israel and the U.S. think Iran's ultimate aim is to develop weapons.... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=157551126 |
Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 09:37 AM
sarcasmo (13,560 posts)
23. If the Wazzock wins this country will be worse than when Bush was King.
Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:15 AM
Rosa Luxemburg (22,271 posts)
26. he probably means Iraq?
Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:19 AM
Turbineguy (16,659 posts)
27. When Candidate Bush said he wanted to attack Iraq
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very few people listened.
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Response to Tx4obama (Original post)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 12:11 PM
JoePhilly (16,365 posts)


